PO.DAAC is pleased to announce that we are now distributing the latest NCEP Reynolds Historical Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature data set version 3b. This monthly analysis spans from January 1854 to the present and is computed on a 2 degree grid. It is available in ascii and netCDF formats and is based on the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS) release 2.4. Major changes include improving the tuning procedures using simulated data to improve the analysis prior to 1930 and using NC ...Continue Reading

Dec. 07, 2010 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-323 NASA AND HIGH TECH PARTNERS HOST RANDOM HACKS OF KINDNESS WASHINGTON -- NASA joined with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! and the World Bank Dec. 3-4 to bring together computer experts looking for new approaches to disaster relief challenges. The third Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) event included more than 1,500 software developers, students and disaster risk experts for a "hackathon&qu ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 111 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. JSC RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP PARTICIPATES IN E-WASTE RECYCLE EVENT 2. NASA TARGETS SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S LAUNCH FOR NO EARLIER THAN FEB. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:58:41 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: JSC RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP PARTICIPATES IN E-WASTE RECYCLE EVENT December 6, 2010 Linda Matthews-Schmidt Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-8609 Report #J1 ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-326 DOE AND NASA REACH CLEANUP AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy and NASA signed Administrative Orders on Consent (AOC) with the California Environmental Protection Agency today that define the process for the characterization and cleanup end-state of portions of the Santa Susana Field Laborator ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-310 FALCON 9 LAUNCH POSTPONED TO NO EARLIER THAN WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A demonstration launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program has been rescheduled for no earlier than ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-326 DOE AND NASA REACH CLEANUP AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy and NASA signed Administrative Orders on Consent (AOC) with the California Environmental Protection Agency today that define the process for the characterization and cleanup end-state of portions of the Santa Susana Field Laborator ...Continue Reading

Dec. 6, 2010 Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979 michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-310 FALCON 9 LAUNCH POSTPONED TO NO EARLIER THAN WEDNESDAY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A demonstration launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program has been rescheduled for no earlier than ...Continue Reading

There is 1 message totalling 49 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. NASA SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 08:32:13 -0600 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: NASA SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH December 3, 2010 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 Report #M10-169 NASA SCHEDULES NEWS CONFERE ...Continue Reading

Dec. 3, 2010 Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 757-864-9886 kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace 757-636-6300 sherwood@nianet.org RELEASE: 10-319 NASA TV PROGRAM TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE AIR AND ON THE SEAS HAMPTON, Va. -- Airline and cruise ship passengers will soon be able to see an Emmy award-winning NASA TV program that shows how agency technology is part of everyday life. The producers of "NASA 360" have reached agreement with Airlin ...Continue Reading

Dec. 03, 2010 Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-321 NASA TARGETS SHUTTLE DISCOVERY'S LAUNCH FOR NO EARLIER THAN FEB. 3 WASHINGTON -- NASA managers have targeted space shuttle Discovery's launch for no earlier than Feb. 3 at 1:34 a.m. EST. Shuttle managers determined more tests and analysis are needed before proceeding with the launch of the STS-133 miss ...Continue Reading